THE SHARE MARKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17425, 20 September 1918, Page 6

THE SHARE MARKET.

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. National lu.su ranees reached £3 3s 3d yesterday, when a sale was transacted, with a later buyer at £3 2a 9d. New Zealand and South British shares were both in firm demand witliout sellers; and Standards were wanted at £2 4s, with a sellex at £2 Bs. Several banking lines were quoted at firm prioss. Bugers of Union Steams offered £3 Us and £1 Os lOd for the ordinary and prefeience issues lespeetively, but there were no sellers. A parcel ot Huddart-Parkers changed owners at £2 2s 3d. Waihi and (irand Junction mining shares were oven with recent prices. Mount Lyells had a buyer at £1 lis 9d and a seller at £1 12s. Wales: National Insurance, £3 3s 3d; Huddart-Parker (old.), £2 2s 3d. Tho following are yesterday's latest quotations, subject to the usual brokerage:— Dredging Stocks. Electric—Buyers Is 3d. ■Olrig (ord.) —Buyers 13s. Rising Sun —Sellers lis. Mixing Stocks. Nokomai Hydraulic—Sellers 17s. Consolidated Croldiielcis—Sellers ss. Talisman Consolidated —Buyers 8s 9d, sellers 9s 4d. Waihi—Buyers £1 19a 6d, sellers £2 Os 6d. Waihi Grand Junction—Buyers 13s 3d, sellers 13s 9d. Mount Lyell—Buyers £1 lis 9d, sellers £1 12s. Investment Stocks. Bank of Australasia —Buyers £12. National Baal;— Buyers £6 ss. Bank of New Zealand (£6 13s 4d paid)— Buyers £18 4s, sailers £18 7s 6d. Bank of New Zealand (£3 6s 8d paid)— Buyers £13 2s, sellers £13 6s. Union Bank—Sellers £59. National Insurance—Buyers £3 2s 9d. New Zealand Insurance —Buyers £10 ss. South British Insurance—Buyers £6 15s. P. and O. (deferred) —Buyers £390, sellers £401. • Standard Insurance—Buyers £2 4s, sellers £2 2s. Union Steam (ord.) —Buyers £3 Bs. Union Steam (pref.)—Buyers £1 Os lOd. Huddart-Parker (ord.) —Buyers £2 2s 6d, sellers £2 4s. Huddart-Parker (pref.) —Buyers £1 Os 3d. W-estport Coal Company—Sellers £1 lie 9d. Westport-Stockton (ord.) —Sellers 9s. Westport-Stockton (pref.)—Sellers lis 4d. New Zealand Coal and Oil—Sellers 3s <ld. D.I.C. (pref.)—Buyers £1. Dominion Rubber Company—Buyers £1 7s, sellers £1 Bs. New Zealand Refrigerating* Company— Buyers £2 4s, sellers £2 ss. M'Leod Bros.'s Soap.—Buyers £14 10s. Milburn Lime and Cement—Buvcrs £1 13s 3d. Mosgiel Woollen Factory—Buyers £5 ss. National Mortgage—Buyers J34 6s.

£ e 2 a K D s d £ rUg P aid >~ Wilson's Cement (ord.)—Sellers 14s Id. Uainaru Woollen (ord.)—Buyora £1 lis 3d, sellers £1 12s 6d. Perpetual Trustees—Buyers £1 6s. Whitcombe and Tombs—Buyers £6 3s sellers £6 7s. , ' Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (ord 1 Buyers £7 15s. V 6J Preserves—Buyers £1 la AUCKLAND STOCK (Per United Press Association.) _, AUCKLAND. September 19. Ihe following sales were recorded to-da-y j—Auckland Gas, 19s ; Wilson's Cement, 14 s 3d. LONDON SHARE MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, September 18. (Received Sept. 19, at 11.30 p.m.) P. and 0. shares, £435. . =============